VOGUE YOOX CHALLENGE
The Future of Responsible Fashion
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YOOX and Vogue Italia celebrate the launch of a scouting project for
innovators and start-ups focusing upon responsible fashion
Milan, 23 February 2020 - On Saturday evening, in the picturesque desecrated church of San Paolo Converso, YOOX and Vogue Italia celebrated the launch of the “Vogue YOOX Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion”: the scouting scheme that aims to provide support and mentorship to designers, creatives and start-ups that are boldly investing towards a more responsible and sustainable approach.
For YOOX and Vogue Italia, supporting a new conscientious generation of talents and creatives is a challenge that must be faced to conceive a better future and increase awareness within the fashion system.
The challenge has been officially launched during Milan Fashion Week and will end in September with the selection of up to ten finalists by a scientific panel of sustainability experts. An international jury will evaluate the projects presented by the finalists during the September 2020 Milan Women’s Fashion Week and appoint a winner, who will receive the award and be celebrated in February 2021. In addition to the ongoing support by YOOX and Vogue Italia in terms of distribution, communication and mentoring, the winner will receive a cash prize of €50,000 to execute the project.
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Amber Valletta and Federico Marchetti attend the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: (2L-R) Stella Jean, Federico Marchetti, Abrima Erwiah and Carlo Capasa attend the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
The international jury includes: Federico Marchetti - Chairman and CEO of YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP; Emanuele Farneti - Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Italia andL’Uomo; Sara Sozzani Maino - Deputy Editor-in-chief Vogue Italia and Head of Vogue Talents; Liya Kebede model, actress and women’s rights activist; Amber Valletta, model, actress, activist; Lisa Armstrong - Head of Fashion at The Telegraph; Alice Ben Arous - Chief of Staff of Fashion & Accessories division and member of CSR Committee, Richemont; Carlo Capasa - President of the Italian Chamber of Fashion; Rosario Dawson - actress, activist, and co-founder of Studio 189; Orsola De Castro - founder of Fashion Revolution; Tonne Goodman - sustainability editor of American Vogue; Eva Herzigova - model and Editor-at-Large of Vogue Czechoslovakia; Suzy Menkes - Editor of Vogue International; Clare Press - Presenter of the Wardrobe Crisis podcast; Dilys Williams - Director of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion of theLondon College of Fashion.
The scientific committee is composed by: Alex McIntosh, Founder and Creative Director of Create Sustain; Giorgia Roversi - Director of Sustainability and Inclusion of YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP; Francesco Perrini - Ordinary Professor of the Department of Management and Technology of Bocconi University; Francesca Romana Rinaldi - Director of the Master in Brand & Business Management and the course of New Sustainable Fashion of the Milan Fashion Institute (an inter-university consortium composed by Bocconi University, Università Cattolica di Milano and Politecnico di Milano); Elisa Pervinca Bellini - Sustainability and Talents Editor of Vogue Italia and member of CN Global Employee Council on Sustainability.
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Sara Battaglia attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Federico Marchetti, Anna Wintour and Emanuele Farneti attend the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Nataly Osmann attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
The event was attended by international guests, who were welcomed by Federico Marchetti, Emanuele Farneti, Amber Valletta and Liya Kebede; amongst them: Karolina Kurkova, Coco Rocha, Bianca Balti, Anna Wintour, Suzy Menkes, Carla Sozzani, Maurizio Cattelan, Francesco Vezzoli, Aya and Ami Suzuki, Nataly Osmann, Miriam Leone, Greta Ferro and Arthur Arbesser.
Toasts were drunk in wines provided by the event’s beverage partner, Masi Agricola. A leading producer of Amarone, the winery produces superb Veneto wines with strong links to their land and its values. It uses local grape varieties, traditional methods and constantly updated technology to bring its wines and their image to the world’s highest standards.
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Karolina Kurkova attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Gabrielle Caunesil and Riccardo Pozzoli attend the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Miriam Leone attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
YOOX
Founded in 2000, YOOX is the world’s leading online lifestyle store for fashion, design and art. YOOX offers an endless selection of products, including a wide range of designer clothing and accessories for men and women by the world’s top designers, a unique array of designer objects, exclusive collaborations with renowned international artists, brands focusing on social and environmental responsibility and children’s fashion.
Condé Nast Italia
Condé Nast Italia is a multimedia communication company which reaches a profiled audience thanks to its numerous omnichannel assets. It publishes 11 magazines: Vanity Fair, Vogue Italia, L’Uomo Vogue, GQ, Wired, AD.Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveller, La Cucina Italiana, La Cucina Italiana USA, Accessory_VogueVanityFair and Wedding_VogueVanityFair. The company was the first Condé Nast branch in the world to open an experience store: Frame; to establish a course for social media content creators: Condé Nast Social Academy; to launch a social talent agency: Condé Nast Social Talent Agency. Its innovative projects include the social content creator unit #Shareable and the magazine Experience Is, dedicated to Generation Z. Today the group also runs successful major events such as Wired Next Fest, Vogue for Milano, Photo Vogue Festival, Vanity Fair Stories and GQ Best Dressed Men. The Condé Nast Italia headquarters in Piazzale Cadorna, Milan, are also home to the La Cucina Italiana Cooking School.
The Group’s social platforms have a total fan and follower base of 17.1 million.
In addition, Condé Nast Italia has consolidated its web presence with the launch of 7 websites: VanityFair.it: 14 million users \ Wired.it: 6 million users \ Vogue.it: 3 million users. These, along with Gqitalia.it, Ad-italia.it, LaCucinaItaliana.it and LaCucinaItaliana.com reach more than 31 million unique visitors every month and generate over 175 million page visits. (Source: Webtrekk census data - January 2020).
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Coco Rocha attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Candela Pelizza attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Ami and Aya Suzuki attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Anna Dello Russo attends the Vogue Yoox Challenge - The Future of Responsible Fashion Dinner event at S. Paolo Converso on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Yoox)
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